鯨吞

Chinese

		whale	to swallow; to take
trad. (鯨吞)		鯨	吞
simp. (鲸吞)		鲸	吞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngtūn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄊㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ tan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngtūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄊㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingtun
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-tʻun¹
  - Yale: jīng-twūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingtuen
  - Palladius: цзинтунь (czintunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: king⁴ tan¹
  - Yale: kìhng tān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ tan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ ten¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

鯨吞

to swallow (like a whale); (particularly) to annex (territory)

Derived terms

蠶食鯨吞／蚕食鲸吞 (cánshíjīngtūn)

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